ST. PETERSBURG, Oct 13: Stan Wawrinka saved three match points to achieve a comeback win over Dan Evans and reach the second round of the St. Petersburg Open, after the tournament was disrupted by an unnamed player�s coronavirus case. Serving to stay in the match at 5-6 down in the second, Wawrinka gave Evans three chances to seal the match but saved them all and then won the second-set tiebreaker and deciding set to complete a 3-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5 victory.
Wawrinka saved a match point in a win over Evans before, when he went on to win the 2016 US Open. St. Petersburg offers fifth-seeded Wawrinka a strong shot at his first title since his comeback from injury in 2018. He was a finalist and semifinalist in two previous appearances in St. Petersburg, and his last two appearances in tour-level finals were both on indoor hard courts, the same surface as in St. Petersburg. Wawrinka next plays Evgeny Donskoy after the Russian wild card beat Egor Gerasimov 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Cameron Norrie managed a surprise win where his fellow British player Evans couldn�t. Norrie hit 16 aces on his way to a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over the eighth-seeded Taylor Fritz.
Aslan Karatsev used his wild card to good effect by beating Tennys Sandgren 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 in their first-round match.
Alexander Bublik recovered from a set down to beat Mackenzie McDonald 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4.
An unnamed tennis player was withdrawn from the event after testing positive for the coronavirus, the ATP Tour said on Monday. The tour added the player was in isolation and �is currently asymptomatic,� and efforts were underway to identify people with whom the player had contact. � AP
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct 13: Stan Wawrinka saved three match points to achieve a comeback win over Dan Evans and reach the second round of the St. Petersburg Open, after the tournament was disrupted by an unnamed player�s coronavirus case. Serving to stay in the match at 5-6 down in the second, Wawrinka gave Evans three chances to seal the match but saved them all and then won the second-set tiebreaker and deciding set to complete a 3-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5 victory.
Wawrinka saved a match point in a win over Evans before, when he went on to win the 2016 US Open. St. Petersburg offers fifth-seeded Wawrinka a strong shot at his first title since his comeback from injury in 2018. He was a finalist and semifinalist in two previous appearances in St. Petersburg, and his last two appearances in tour-level finals were both on indoor hard courts, the same surface as in St. Petersburg. Wawrinka next plays Evgeny Donskoy after the Russian wild card beat Egor Gerasimov 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Cameron Norrie managed a surprise win where his fellow British player Evans couldn�t. Norrie hit 16 aces on his way to a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over the eighth-seeded Taylor Fritz.
Aslan Karatsev used his wild card to good effect by beating Tennys Sandgren 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 in their first-round match.
Alexander Bublik recovered from a set down to beat Mackenzie McDonald 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4.
An unnamed tennis player was withdrawn from the event after testing positive for the coronavirus, the ATP Tour said on Monday. The tour added the player was in isolation and �is currently asymptomatic,� and efforts were underway to identify people with whom the player had contact. � AP
